The Greenhouse Mystery

Ted Wilford and his friend Nelson Morgan encounter mysterious goings-on at a greenhouse owned by the Bowens a successful couple the Forestdale Town Crier has sent them to interview. The principal target of the suspicious circumstances seems to be a lavender rose developed by Mrs. Bowen which she is getting ready to patent. Since the effort skill and facilities necessary to grow such a rose are considerable it is important to find out who is trying to steal the records as well as the rose itself. Beside learning a good deal about the operation of a moderately large commercial greenhouse Ted and Nelson get mixed up in several midnight chases including a dangerous one over a swamp to find someone who has been exposed to poisonous fumigants in the greenhouse. They also trace a forgery and search for a criminal with an apparent craving for salami.